He once pursued a staunch Old Master style under the tutelage of David A. Leffel, a modern master of classical technique, making painstaking portraits and still lifes in the uber-classical tradition of Rembrandt and Vermeer.
Mr Yang remained a staunch advocate of Deng-style reforms.
He credits his studio manager, Catherine Wallack, with thinking quickly, pressing his paper-towel-wrapped hand in hers, almost tourniquet-style, to staunch the bleeding and letting emergency paramedics know he was an artist.
The Penguins gave up so many odd-man rushes in a 5-0 loSaturdayday to the Devils that Hlinka found himself answering questions today about whether his team might be better off -- or at least prevent elimination -- by abandoning its upbeat style and playing staunch defense.
And that was before the latest Senkaku spat.Even some staunch conservatives worry about Ishihara-style populism.
A staunch leftwing former lawyer with a theatrical style as a thunderous orator, he is an anti-austerity, economic protectionist who, as a government minister, posed in a striped Breton sailor top to insist more must be done to protect the notion of "Made in France".
Stein ended the century in typically quixotic style with a "grand project" that even staunch disciples felt might be beyond him: the complete Goethe's Faust.
I wondered if these were staunch displays of support, or a Vampires Go Home-style method of warding off unwanted attention.
After winning his Senate seat in 1976, Mr. Bruno quickly established himself as a staunch conservative in favor of lower taxes and smaller government, out of step with Rockefeller-style Republicans who ran the chamber then.
They praise her as a McCain-style reformer who has taken on her state's Republican establishment and has a staunch pro-life record (her fifth child has Down's syndrome).
